Adding and Editing Area Settings

To define a dynamic routing configuration:

  1. Select Configuration → Profiles → Network.

  2. Expand the Network menu to display its submenu options.

  3. Expand the Network menu and select OSPF.

  4. Select the Area Settings tab.

  5. Select Add to create a new OSPF configuration, Edit to modify an existing configuration or Delete to remove a configuration.

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  6. Set the OSPF Area configuration.

    Area ID

    Use the drop-down menu and specify either an IP address or Integer for the OSPF area.

    Authentication Type

    Select either None, simple-password or message-digest as the credential validation scheme used with the OSPF dynamic route. The default setting is None (no data protection).

    Type

    Set the OSPF area type as either stub, totally-stub, nssa, totally-nssa or non-stub.

    Default Cost

    Select this option to set the default summary cost advertised if creating a stub. Set a value from 1 - 16, 777,215.

    Translate Type

    Define how messages are translated. Options include translate-candidate, translate always and translate-never. The default setting is translate-candidate.

    Range

    Specify a range of addresses for routes matching address/mask for OSPF summarization.

  7. Select the OK button to save the changes to the area configuration. Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.